>> sky tran hí a nutshell is the jetsons come to real life. >> reportete in a nondescript building at nasa's ames research center a bullet-shaped vehicle creeps down a50-foot metal test track. >> you're whisked away at a high speed with silence. because sky tran is a passive magnetic levitation veveclcl meaning there's no clitter clatter of wheels, you're riding on a cushion of air. >> reporter: gliding up to 150 miles an hour, suspended from poles, sky tran is the first in a category called personal rapid transit. the computer-controlled pods pull off the track and into a a station. riders hop in, swipe a card, and select a stop just like pressing a button on an elevator. it combines the flexibility of a car with the experience of riding a train. >> people don't like driving now because you're stuck in the car, you can't text without risking a ticket or an accident, so with sky tran you'll be able to work while you're traveling. aptop, >> reporter: sky tran's vp of engineering showed us how it works. >> the motor is right here and